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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
+ S/ z0 T# ]: n我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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( @: O" ?# {* f- \' N- RThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. Q' |5 o. x: q1 r8 }) d3 n9 i
/ \# n* R$ g1 |2 W這男孩不過5、6歲。( z: U9 [- b9 _& l8 |/ g
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( M, i( O; e7 k9 z' s' r, b% V( d1 O" ~" zThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '; @; Z8 X1 `) q% c: I c2 I
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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- G8 U3 c+ J1 G; G. x2 GThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- R$ F5 J& Q; `are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '2 h% R8 ^8 X! [
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」: T! F; L5 L5 n6 M( [9 b2 b
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '' }1 y5 o! I! T
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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2 U6 V1 n# f7 f/ p) V! X/ AThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.5 q# h% s5 s! a9 ~
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。 N9 C5 y+ {# P, ^* ^& W# H* v
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3 r, e! \$ X2 \# wThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
+ N9 U' e( F1 |4 h- e) q小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。! C1 M( b% S0 o0 [6 \
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2 f! e, ?2 {! H5 r: k" TFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
$ u2 L& m" A4 _( Q5 q9 ?+ o最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ! K2 ~( U$ O0 f, {$ c; }
; |* @% `9 S9 X+ m/ D+ }; V1 B'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.2 Q3 \7 R$ ~0 ]9 A/ g0 U' m
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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6 U# t7 O8 X% z. b7 K$ mShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
# B! V! P- J; E* Y她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
; ~. `) H& Z4 c* X0 K% |% `0 ]I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.3 B3 Y5 }5 h) n
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。' m6 C6 q6 H- s6 l. d& m! t; v2 {7 u
M# u3 {3 b0 }. _; N$ IBut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. ') a3 x! s. S6 i& A
但他哀傷地回答我『不!聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽,當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』* `+ ~ _+ _+ ~5 D P2 U
7 ^6 W/ h5 i# H, \) ZHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
- E B W! a" |% A- J他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝,因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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My heart nearly stopped.
# v( Z7 C* q8 W6 ?* E! }我的心臟幾乎要停止了。3 O0 {9 j8 k& S
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
- l' R$ a2 {5 C) U8 ~4 o; | b小男孩看我說:『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走,讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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0 x; {0 d6 r* j9 w3 e# OThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
6 Y6 \, m4 b! [% U5 m8 h7 Q q然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片,這樣她就不會忘記我了。』 E) k% l: y; N
) D* d) k/ F4 l1 V'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
9 s* M. ]% J/ z& T4 G0 Q6 H『我愛我的媽媽,我希望她不要離開我,但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』. O! ?- F# L" j; A1 Q6 c
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9 {/ `9 u L( f6 R. s6 H) NThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
1 ~2 N% p" G# O+ R1 i- W然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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. {7 u4 C7 I3 }5 ]I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
' }4 o5 k2 n; o/ [) E4 R1 b" g我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下,說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』( G$ m# y2 u+ x( X& h
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
' g( \3 S. d9 `1 X『好呀!』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見,我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中,我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了,甚之還有剩餘呢。
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0 G! y0 x: T4 [0 s5 ^9 h4 O3 uThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '" z7 O+ }+ W8 B5 y1 u! H) {
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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- A3 z) {, F0 K& CThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
: S& N7 F* Z l8 x3 z# H2 e然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前,我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃,因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』& y1 O. D2 U3 j6 Y n+ \7 ]
2 k0 S$ Y$ i1 s5 G3 Z# s2 }'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽,但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '0 P# B% a+ V8 ?
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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4 L) }' n, G$ \0 ?1 {* MA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.6 I% f7 P% I+ I% {* ]
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。 e! g3 q$ p2 G" _9 ^6 x
. I" m+ P. v$ ^I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.: ?+ R2 A$ b* s
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。/ A' x ?! k7 T6 T2 c7 F
5 {; c1 R4 l/ m, g" z3 H. o% S! ]7 BI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
: A1 U6 t3 T* l小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young. e$ M3 z* t$ L5 `
woman and a little girl.
) Y, ]# T5 a9 Q( m' U: S3 T/ m6 m我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章,提及一位醉酒卡車司機,撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.8 j$ p* I+ S' n5 w
小女孩當場死亡,母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
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Was this the family of the little boy?
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, V: ~) @4 c" l1 aTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
5 R* R) l( Q- ]% J, a4 A碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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9 N& W2 `; Y9 V' u8 s/ [7 fI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.8 _7 V* y1 ~8 }& j7 r- N) z! S
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰,來到喪家,年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.7 ?( p6 r4 N. M" H' C
她在那裡,裝在棺木中,在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片,娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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! d8 c3 L2 N1 v& WI left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
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我離開了這裡,眼淚奪眶而出,覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今,小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛,仍然難以想像。) w# ^( R4 _8 h/ j1 x. z w
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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